MAF 2025 Worlds of Animation Online (15)

Available: Friday 14 Nov - Sunday 30 Nov 2025

Dive into a vibrant showcase that celebrates the boundless creativity of contemporary animation! Bringing together a dynamic mix of techniques, storytelling styles, and platforms, this online selection offers a panoramic view of animation’s incredible versatility. From cutting-edge innovations to timeless artistry, join us as we highlight the full spectrum of what animation can achieve today.

This screening carries the following trigger warnings for content:

Pregnancy and Childbirth, Abortion, Mental Illness, Blood, Violence, Eating disorders, Body Dysmorphia

Trigger warning content categories used are courtesy of the Film and TV Charity's advice: https://bit.ly/3VUsEF4

This programme contains flashing lights which may affect viewers who have sensitivities to light.

Films in this programme

Challenges of a Solitary Mind

Dir. Astrid Rothaug // Austria

It's hard to be an introvert; especially when you're pushed to be more, or be different, or be something else entirely. This is the story of an introvert facing challenges when constantly being pushed to be more outgoing.

Unlearning Motherhood

Dir. Juliana Erazo Gómez // Netherlands

Unlearning Motherhood is an animated documentary that tells the tearing and empowering stories of women with their unconventional motherhood experiences, through the journey of a fictional main character who is looking for answers about pregnancy.

Window

Dir. Andreas Fobes // Canada

Searching across a landscape, the tiny details of everyday life are revealed in this quiet exploration of everything we do — and don't— notice.

Ostrich

Dir. Marie Kenov // Switzerland

A sparrow is in awe of the ostriches, with their long necks, dazzling eyes and muscular legs. The little bird wants to be just like them.

Sisowath Quay

Dir. Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy // France

Phnom Penh. Nakry and Sothear meet on the Sisowath quay for their first date. At nightfall, romance turns into a nightmare when the young girl transforms into a strange creature…

Dollhouse Elephant

Dir. Jenny Jokela // Finland

A group of neighbours must coexist—whether they like it or not (they don’t).

Mater Benefacta

Dir. Marc Riba Roqué, Anna Solanas Santacana // Spain

In a convent in Spain during the dictatorship, nuns provide shelter to young girls in need.

Black Man, Black Man

Dir. Frank Elliott Abney // United States

From the moment he wakes up, Elliott gets closer to confronting the child within. Carrying the weight of the feelings he wrestles with inside, reminders echo through his mind; affirmations to carry him through each moment, bringing healing and a path forward to reclaiming his worth.

Fačuk

Dir. Maida Srabović // Croatia, Slovenia

In a God-fearing village lying between two rivers, everyone recoils from the young pregnant woman who is about to give birth — to an illegitimate child — at any moment.